Palestinian's Bittersweet Homecoming To Nahr al-Bared

NAHR AL-BARED, LEBANON -- March 4, 2008 -- Palestinian refugees started returning yesterday to the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, which they fled last year after fighting erupted between the Lebanese Army and members of the militant group Fatah al-Islam. In its largest such effort ever, the UN Relief and Works agency is committed to handle the difficult return of the over 30,000 displaced, who in most cases will have to live in small prefab houses while waiting for their camp to be rebuilt from rubble.

Reported by: Don Duncan for CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Produced by: Andrea De Marco and Don Duncan
Edited by: Andrea De Marco

Bite Of The She-Shark

NEW YORK, NY (US) -- April 27, 2007 -- Karen Mulligan is the quarterback of the Sharks, New York’s female tackle football team. Unlike their male counterparts, Karen and her teammates have not learned to play football in college, work full-time jobs, and must pay for their expenses in order to fulfill their passion.

Written by: Allison Bourne-Vanneck and Andrea De Marco
Produced by: Andrea De Marco
Camerawork by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA NEWS TONIGHT

Columbia News Tonight

NEW YORK, NY (US) -- April 20, 2007 -- Columbia News Tonight is a weekly half-hour news program reported and produced by students in the Nightly News workshop at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Andrea De Marco and Lauren Weiner, anchors

Police Investigate Double Shooting In Washington Heights

NEW YORK, NY (US) -- March 23, 2006 -- Police are searching for whoever shot one man dead and left another injured Sunday night in Manhattan. Joseph Santos, 23, was shot in the back, near Broadway and 161st Street in Washington Heights.

Written by: Andrea De Marco
Produced by: Andrea De Marco and Gabrielle Worman
Camerawork by: Andrea De Marco, Lisa Desai and Yasmeen Qureshi


COLUMBIA NEWS TONIGHT

New Yorkers Feel Ready To Spring Forward

New York, NY (US) -- Mar.9, 2007 -- While large companies synchronize their clocks for the earlier arrival of Daylight Saving Time, New Yorkers don't seem to be worried to be caught up in a Y2K frenzy.

Written by: Dane Liu
Produced by: Andrea De Marco
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA NEWS TONIGHT
2 min 2 sec - Mar 9, 2007

Kids Go Organic

New York, NY (US) -- Feb.23, 2007 -- More and more parents are buying organic food for their kids. But is it really worth the money?

Written by: Kerry Ederer
Produced by: Andrea De Marco
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA NEWS TONIGHT
3 min 4 sec - Feb 23, 2007

Unlucky No.7

New York, NY (US) -- Feb.16, 2007 -- One of New York City's main subway lines connecting Manhattan and Queens will shut down for the next six weekends, starting tomorrow. While politicians already criticize the Transportation Authority, New York commuters don't seem to be upset.

Written & Produced by: Andrea De Marco
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA NEWS TONIGHT
1 min 55 sec - Feb 16, 2007

Construction Deaths On The Rise

New York, NY (US) -- Dec.7, 2006 -- Construction worker fatalities in New York City have more than doubled since 2005, amid the city’s biggest building boom in recent history.

Written & Produced by: Andrea De Marco and Lisa Desai
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco

** Winner of the Richard J. Blood Award for Excellence in Reporting - Columbia University, May 2007


COLUMBIA TELEVISION NEWS
5 min 52 sec - Dec 7, 2006

UN Under Pressure For High Seas Fishing Ban

New York, NY (US) -- Nov.17, 2006 -- A handful of Greenpeace protestors gathered in front of the UN today to express their support for a temporary ban on high seas bottom trawling, a practice, they say, is destroying ocean wildlife.

Written by: Yasmeen Qureshi
Produced by: Andrea De Marco
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA TELEVISION NEWS
2 min 12 sec - Nov 17, 2006

Rockefeller Drug Laws Convict Stands A Chance For Retrial

NEW YORK, NY (US) -- Nov.2, 2006 -- A New York appeals court has ruled that a Harlem bodega worker who pleaded guilty in 2001 of crack cocaine possession can argue for a new trial.

Written & Produced by: Andrea De Marco and Kate McCarthy
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA TELEVISION NEWS
3 min 7 sec - Nov 2, 2006

Brooklyn Canoers Keep Fighting To Clean The Gowanus Canal

New York, NY (US) -- Oct.18, 2006 -- The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe club is a non-profit organization which is trying to gain public attention to improve the conditions of the once heavily polluted Gowanus Canal in South Brooklyn.

Written &Produced by: Andrea De Marco
Camera-work by: Andrea De Marco


COLUMBIA TELEVISION NEWS
3 min 46 sec - Oct 18, 2006